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Adam McCalvyMLB.com

• Roenicke is considering moving center fielder Carlos Gomez up in the batting order for the coming two-game series against the Rangers. Gomez has mostly been hitting seventh.

"We'll see how we go, whether it's fifth, whether it's sixth, I'm not sure where he really, ideally fits in because he's hitting the ball so well," Roenicke said. "There's a good case for moving him up to one or two, also.

• Roenicke is considering moving center fielder Carlos Gomez up in the batting order for the coming two-game series against the Rangers. Gomez has mostly been hitting seventh.

"We'll see how we go, whether it's fifth, whether it's sixth, I'm not sure where he really, ideally fits in because he's hitting the ball so well," Roenicke said. "There's a good case for moving him up to one or two, also.

"I think part of [Gomez's success] is where he is, but there may come a time when I want to move him up somewhere at the beginning. To have that kind of speed and be able to disrupt people if you get on base like he's getting on base now, maybe that's where he belongs."

• Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will throw a ceremonial first pitch to Hall of Famer Robin Yount when the Lakeshore Chinooks open their second season on May 30. Yount is a minority owner of the Chinooks, who play on the campus of Concordia University in Mequon, Wis., as part of the 16-team Northwoods League, a collegiate wood-bat summer league.

• Space remains in the Brewers' annual 5K Famous Racing Sausages Run/Walk, which will wind around Miller Park beginning at 8 a.m. CT on July 20. The event typically sells out, but registration forms are still available at Brewers.com/5Krunwalk.